Ian Giles was born and raised in Cowley, Oxford, and has lived, worked, and sung in the East Oxford area, "The Amber Triangle", ever since. He has recorded with the Mellstock Band and the Christminster Singers and his early singing career saw link-ups with Keith Dandridge - "WALTON WAKES", Pete Acty and Nick Hill - "JUXTAPOSE", and notably with Claire Lloyd and Graham Metcalfe as "FOLLY BRIDGE", surely one of the most outstanding harmony trios ever to grace the club and festival circuit.